Can you imagine having a garden that cools your house in the summer, warms it in the winter,creates humidity when the weather is dry and keeps it dry when the weather is wet? Can you imagine that that same garden could provide you, and the local wildlife, with all the food you need? Can you possibly imagine that, for this garden, you hardly have to work at all?! Once you read, Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway, the ecological garden, as he calls it, will be easy to imagine and, if you so choose, easy to create right in your own backyard! Toby shares a technique for assessing the needs and resources of different plants, animals, soils and beyond and guides you to using that information to create an integrated garden full of symbiotic relationships that will be nourishing to you, the plants, the animals and the earth. With his easy-to-read, personable style, Gaia's Garden is enjoyable and incredibly useful. Replete with a list of permaculture resources and a plant chart for selecting the right plants for your garden design, this book is a must-have for anyone interested in using nature as a guide to creating a beautiful, bountiful, ecological garden . 8"x10" and 222 pages. To order toll free call 866-596-9982 and receive FAST FREE SHIPPING.